The young boy and a group of children were out in a meadow with a herd of cattle on January 12, 1765, when the beast attacked. Working together, they managed to scare it off with their pikes.

“It was, in fact, the land of the ever-memorable Beast, the Napoleon Bonaparte of wolves. What a fate it had! It lived ten months in Gévaudan and Vivarais, devouring women, children, and ...

Extravagant Hunts & Media Warfare. Jean-Baptiste Duhamel, a dragoon captain stationed near Gévaudan, mustered up a force of 20,000 plus citizens to search for the beast, with no success.

castles in spain. the divining rod. the wild beast of gevaudan. pygmalion's statue. the home of charles dickens. share full article. june 23, 1867.